Finding Mental Stability

Contrary to popular belief, a stable mind wanders. It wanders, and learning to bring it back is what mindfulness is all about. This is mental stability. In this practice, we'll explore how to use the wandering mind as a tool to help deepen our capacity to return to presence. It is common to want to fight thoughts when meditating, but this is a futile endeavour. Thoughts are a natural part of the mind's creation process. Instead, learn to work with thoughts more skillfully, understanding them as opportunites for coming home. This practice can be especially powerful when done with the ten day Insight Timer course: Ten Days To Deeper Meditation. This practice can be used with Day 1.

Reviews

This was a great reminder of the importance of balance. Great imagery too!

Grateful for this new way to think of meditation -- breath and mind as waves, balancing as I ride them.

Loved that ❤️

I am returning to meditation also taking your 10 day course. Finding it very helpful- thank you!

Love Michelle's voice and vibe. I really like her perspective on stabilizing the name and riding the thoughts, like waves, back to the breath.

The analogy of the waves helps me a lot, thank you!

Loved the rocking boat image, analogy. Powerful. Will return to this one, thank you.

Very soothing and booked marked will visit again as I need to train my thought thank you 🙏🏻 namaste 🙏🏻 xx

Love the visualization of mindfulness like finding balance on a boat in the waves. Thank you!

Powerful for grounding and balancing. Thank you 💜

This was very calming

It helped me a lot. I have no words to thank you! A voice so soothing and a steady conduction. Thank you so much!

A great way to regain focus - thank you 🙏

Very calming voice. I particularly liked the imagery of being in a boat and noticing how thoughts cause a wave of emotions.

Really right on for me right now!!! Thanks

Love the guided technique behind to help us bringing the focus through mental wave metaphor.

Thank you for the great practice

A GREAT exercise to practice mental stability. 😊

I loved the metaphor and visualize part of it. Thank you!